An inmate at the facility told investigators she and Jones are in love, according to a probable cause affidavit filed in Jefferson Superior Court.

During a June 20 interview, the woman told investigators their relationship began when she was assigned to a highway work detail that Jones supervised. The woman said she and Jones kissed for the first time in December 2017 and had sex for the first time in January 2018, according to the court documents.

They have had sex multiple times afterwards, the woman said.

While the woman says the sex was consensual, it's against the law for a guard to have sex with an inmate in Indiana.

Jones, hired in 2014, abruptly quit his job on June 20 — the same day investigators interviewed the inmate, according to the affidavit. He refused to speak to investigators without an attorney, the affidavit said.

Jones was charged sexual misconduct and official misconduct, both felonies.

"The Indiana Department of Correction has a zero tolerance policy for this type of misconduct and will pursue prosecution to the fullest extent of the law," Warden Jen Davis said in a statement.